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Indigenous Peoples at the United Nations

Indigenous Peoples are inheritors and practitioners of unique cultures and ways of relating to people and the environment. They have retained social, cultural, economic and political characteristics ...
UPI

United Nations adopts 'groundbreaking' resolution on human rights for intersex people

April 4 (UPI) --The United Nations on Thursday for the first time adopted a "groundbreaking" resolution that seeks to protect the human rights of people born intersex. On Thursday, the U.N.'s Human ...
PBS

When their whole world could vanish, young people in island nations must weigh moving on

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — It’s the uncomfortable talk that as a young woman, she knows she should have with her parents. They alluded to it, once, but couldn’t quite address it directly. And Grace Malie ...
Pew Research Center

United Nations seen favorably by many across 25 countries

Ahead of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, people around the world continue to see the UN in a largely positive light, according to a survey of 31,938 adults in 25 ...
Human Rights Watch

United Nations General Assembly High-Level Plenary Meeting to Address Human Rights Abuses and Violations Being Committed in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Your Excellency, Philemon Yang, President of the General Assembly, Assistant Secretary-General Kehris, Special Rapporteur Salmón, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, I speak on behalf of 36 civil ...
PBS

As the United Nations turns 80, here are some key moments from its history

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — There have been many memorable moments in the 80-year history of the United Nations, both at its headquarters in New York and at its far-flung global operations. Here are some of ...